[PLUG] Re: Networking - part II

[John Beck <jbeck@jbwd.net>]

Sorry if the formatting of this message is all screwed up.  It should have wrapped at
70 characters, and it didn't.  Using opera 5 in windows, and it isn't working well...
Sorry again - I will try to fix it ASAP

9/2/01 8:35:04 AM, John Beck <jbeck@jbwd.net> wrote:

>Good morning everyone!
>
>Ok, here is what I have - I got the Linksys Router we were discussing about 2 weeks ago (Cable / DSL router with 4-Port 10/100 Switch).  
>Currently, I only have my Dual boot Win 98 / slackware 8.0 computer running through it.  Seeing as I use @home cable, I assigned the 
>Router = to the computer name and workgroup that I use for Comcast service (20120-C, @HOME).  So, first question is:  Can and should I 
>rename the windows computer, seeing as the router is using the values needed for comcast?
>
>Ok, next question:  As soon as I can run the 75 feet of cable, I am going to hook up the standalone Linux computer.  My intentions are to 
>have the linux computer primarily run apache / php / mySQL, and act as a web server to host a very small web site, and also allow me to 
>test different web site configurations.  I would want the web site I host to be accessible to the outside, which I believe can be done via 
port 
>forwarding of port 80, or by configuring the DMZ.  What I need advice on is, using RedHat 7.1, would it be best to do a workstation 
>installation, and just install Apache and PHP, or is it best to do a "Server" installation (which I have never done before)?  I am not sure 
what 
>the differences are...  I really don't think I need all the stuff that  comes with a server install, but could be wrong...  Also, along those lines, 
>anytime I installed linux (I am a newbie at this), and was asked for localhost and localdomain, I just left them at the defaults 
>(localhost.localdomain).  Should I be naming them?  If so, what values??? 
>
>Finally, this is more of a general networking question, but I would like each computer attached to this router / switch to be able to see 
each 
>other...  This involves linux seeing windows, windows seeing linux, windows seeing windows (sorry, but I had to ask!  :-), etc.  Can anyone 
>give some guidance to this.  The only example I can give is the Windows computer accessing .mp3's saved on another windows 
computer 
>(ex: WinME laptop playing .mp3's from the main Win98 computer), and more importantly, me being able to transfer files between the linux 
>and windows computers, without going through the outside network...  Can anyone please point me in the right direction with this?  I am 
>only vaguely familiar with the network neighborhood concept in Windows, and even then, I have never set it up.  From what I read, this 
has 
>to do with the workgroups, and that the computers that see each other need to be in the same workgroup, which is why I asked those first 
>few questions.
>
>Thanks for all of your help, and I apologize for the very lengthy post!
>
>-John




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